PM Oli to embark on official visit to Spain on Saturday
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is leaving for Spain on Saturday for an official visit, leading a Nepali delegation.
In the course of the official visit, he is scheduled to participate in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development from June 30 to July 3.
Ambassador of Nepal to Spain, Shanil Nepal said that that all preparations for the visit have been completed. He further said the Nepali community in Spain is excited and eager to welcome the PM.
During the visit, PM Oli will hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts.
On the occasion, Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) on the expansion of bilateral relations and cooperation will be signed.
The Prime Minister will also interact with the Nepali community and Spanish business fraternity during his visit.
The Embassy has stated that there will be other crucial bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the conference.
Trump administration sues all 15 Maryland federal judges over order blocking removal of immigrants
The Trump administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against all 15 federal judges in Marylandover an order blocking the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals, ratcheting up a fight with the federal judiciary over President Donald Trump’s executive powers, Associated Press reported.
The remarkable action lays bare the administration’s determination to exert its will over immigration enforcement as well as a growing exasperation with federal judges who have time and again turned aside executive branch actions they see as lawless and without legal merit.
“It’s extraordinary,” Laurie Levenson, a professor at Loyola Law School, said of the Justice Department’s lawsuit. “And it’s escalating DOJ’s effort to challenge federal judges.”
At issue is an order signed by Chief Judge George L. Russell III and filed in May blocking the administration from immediately removing from the U.S. any immigrants who file paperwork with the Maryland district court seeking a review of their detention. The order blocks the removal until 4 p.m. on the second business day after the habeas corpus petition is filed, according to Associated Press.
At least eight killed and hundreds hurt as Kenya protesters battle police
At least eight people have been killed and 400 injured as thousands took to the streets in a day of protests across Kenya against President William Ruto's government, BBC reported.
Police clashed with protesters in the capital Nairobi and other cities exactly a year on from the wave of deadly anti-government demonstrations that hit the nation in 2024.
Many of those demonstrating chanted "Ruto must go" and waved branches as a symbol of peaceful opposition to his rule.
The government banned live TV and radio coverage of the protests, but its decree was overturned by the High Court in the capital, Nairobi, according to BBC.
Turkiye’s Erdogan calls for permanent Iran-Israel ceasefire, Gaza truce
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told leaders at a NATO summit on Wednesday that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran needed to be made permanent, his office said, and called for a ceasefire in Gaza to alleviate the humanitarian crisis there.
NATO member Turkiye has been fiercely critical of Israel and its assault against Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza, which has been reduced to rubble after two years of war and had its population displaced.
Ankara has also said Israel’s “state terrorism” against Iran — with which it shares a 560-kilometer border — heightened the risks of a wider conflict, and welcomed the ceasefire between the two.
At the NATO summit in The Hague, Erdogan held talks with the leaders of France, Germany and Britain on regional tensions, bilateral ties and relations with the EU, and defense industry cooperation. Erdogan met US President Donald Trump late on Tuesday.
“Our President said he welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, that the de facto situation needs to turn into lasting calm as soon as possible, that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is increasingly continuing, and that a lasting ceasefire is also needed there urgently,” Erdogan’s office said after his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.



